Chemnitz Weather in January
Chemnitz in January
The short of it: Chemnitz in January averages a high of 3 °C (37 °F) and a low of -2 °C (28 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 8 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 3° · low -2° · rain 54 mm · daylight 8 h 25 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
January in Chemnitz brings afternoons near 3° and nights around -2°, with about 54 mm of rain over the month. Chemnitz's coldest stretch of the year, 3° by day and -2° by night. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 7th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 8 h 25 min in mid-January, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Chemnitz runs warmer than most and about as wet in January. Limbach-Oberfrohna, 12 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Chemnitz, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limbach-OberfrohnaSaxony | 12 km WNW | 3° | -2° | 52 mm |
| GlauchauSaxony | 27 km W | 3° | -2° | 44 mm |
| Annaberg-BuchholzSaxony | 29 km S | 1° | -4° | 65 mm |
| FreibergSaxony | 30 km ENE | 2° | -3° | 69 mm |
| AueSaxony | 31 km SSW | 2° | -3° | 47 mm |
| MeeraneSaxony | 33 km W | 3° | -2° | 43 mm |
| ZwickauSaxony | 33 km WSW | 3° | -2° | 41 mm |
| DöbelnSaxony | 34 km NNE | 3° | -3° | 59 mm |